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deploy definition

de·ploy (dē plo̵i′, di-)

transitive verb

  1. Mil.
    1. to spread out (troops, etc.) so as to form a wider front
    2. to station or place (forces, equipment, etc.) in accordance with a plan
  2. to spread out or place like military troops

Etymology: Fr déployer, to unfold, display < OFr desployer, to unfold < L displicare, to scatter (in ML, to unfold): see display

intransitive verb

to be deployed

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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